The Incredible Magic of Being

Name of Reviewer: Sindhu

Title of Book: The Incredible Magic of Being

Author of Book: Kathryn Erskine

# of pages: 247

# AR points: 8                                    RL: 4.6

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            Julian, a 9 year boy who almost died at birth, the same moment his grandfather died, is a uni-sensor and has slight special needs. He can feel when someone needs something, like when his stepsister’s bus broke down on her way to school and his mom needed to pick her up. When Julian moves to Maine, he meets his neighbor, Mr. X, and eventually manages to become friends with him through Mr. X’s sadness of his wife’s death. I loved The Incredible Magic of Being because Julian shows you things that you never thought were a problem, and things that everyone thought were crazy make sense through his eyes. If I were the author, I wouldn’t change one part of this book because it is incredibly wonderful just the way it is. If I were a character in The Incredible Magic of Being, I wouldn’t change the way the problem was solved because it was solved well, with enough twists and turns to keep you reading.  If I were to pick one juicy word to describe this book it would be incredible because it keeps you reading and makes the impossible seem plausible.  The Incredible Magic of Being is awesome for any person of any age unless… well, there isn’t any unless!